Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said peace talks with Israel have failed to reach any breakthrough, despite nine months of negotiations, BBC reports. "I can't say that even one issue has been agreed upon," Mr Abbas told Israel's Haaretz newspaper....
JERUSALEM, Sept 12 (AFP): Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has stressed his determination to step down immediately after his centrist Kadima party holds its leadership election, Israeli public radio reported Friday. The vote will be on Wednesday, but would go to...
Two people have been killed and several injured as thousands of protesters held pro-independence rallies in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. They say that protests have been held across the Kashmir valley. A curfew is in force in Shopian town where...
BANGKOK, Sept 12 (AFP): The Thai parliament Friday postponed until next week a vote on whether to return Samak Sundaravej as prime minister after lawmakers from the ruling coalition failed to show up. "The meeting to vote for prime minister...
Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has arrived in Warsaw for talks with his Polish counterpart and the country's prime minister. Talks are expected to focus on the war in Georgia and Russia's opposition to the installation of the US missile...
TOKYO, Sept 11 (AFP):Japan said Tuesday it was ending an air mission in Iraq, wrapping up a military deployment which was historic for the pacifist nation but deeply unpopular at home. Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Japan planned by the...
Thailand's Samak Sundaravej has accepted his party's nomination as prime minister - two days after he was forced to quit the post. The People's Power Party said there was nothing in the constitution to stop them from choosing him again,...
North Korea is close to completing a second launch site for long-range missiles, BBC reports. The existence of site, said to be 30 miles (50km) from the Chinese border, was made public by an independent analyst using satellite imagery. Reports...
SINGAPORE, Sept 11 (AFP): World oil prices rose in Asian trade today as Hurricane Ike headed towards key energy facilities on the southern US coast, dealers said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for October delivery, gained 70 cents...
NEW DELHI, Sept 11 (AFP): Steel giant Arcelor Mittal said yesterday delays in obtaining approvals for its two Indian plants had pushed up costs by 50 per cent but the company was still committed to investing in the country. Arcelor...
TOKYO, Sept 11 (AFP): The euro fell to a fresh one-year low against the dollar in Asian trade today on renewed fears over the health of the European economy, dealers said. The euro slid to 1.3933 dollars in early Tokyo...
VIENNA, Sept 11 (AFP): With oil prices falling below 100 dollars per barrel this week, oil producer group OPEC decided to cut production to prevent a further drop, despite an economic crisis in consumer countries. "It looks like they are...
BISHKEK, Sept 11 (AFP): Kyrgyzstan may have to pay more than twice as much as the current price for gas imported from neighbor Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov told reporters today. "So far the contract with Uzbekistan has not...
BRUSSELS, Sept 11 (Reuters): Eurozone economic growth will halve in 2008 from 2007 and inflation will be much higher because of financial turmoil, soaring commodity prices and housing market shocks, the European Commission said Wednesday.Updating its economic forecasts, the European...
BEIJING, Sept 11 (Xinhua): China's present depression of housing market has aroused great concern in the public, and people are debating about whether the government shall take action to bolster the market. Under the present cycle of economic slowdown, the...
SYDNEY, Sept 11 (AFP): Australian unemployment fell unexpectedly in August to 4.1 per cent, its lowest level in five months, despite a slowing economy and rising prices, official figures showed today. Economists had widely expected the country's jobless rate would...
BEIJING, Sept 11 (Xinhua): China's enterprises face worsening living conditions as production costs keep on rising while downstream prices fall. Latest official statistics show that the lopsided gap between PPI ( producer price index), which reflects production costs, and CPI...
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Internet): The United States and China hold high-level trade talks in California next week amid tensions over the Asian power's massive export surplus and concerns about a slowing global economy.The meeting Tuesday will mark the 25th anniversary...
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (AP): The Federal Reserve has auctioned another $25 billion in loans to squeezed banks to help them overcome credit problems.The central bank Wednesday released the results of its most recent auction. It's part of an ongoing programme...
BEIJING, Sept 11 (AFP): Senior executives of major Chinese state enterprises may face permanent bans from management jobs if found responsible for severe losses during their tenure, state media reported. This is part of new rules from the assets supervision...
The election-monitoring organisations must get registered with the Election Commission (EC) for accreditation to observe the upcoming elections, EC secretary M Humayun Kabir said Thursday, as they prepared for calling the next polls, reports UNB."The EC has formulated a draft...
Local Government and Rural Development Advisor M Anwarul Iqbal Thursday reaffirmed government position that upazila election would be held shortly, although major political parties are over-eager for national polls first, reports UNB."Upazila elections, we hope, will be held soon under...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file two graft cases against former Law Adviser Justice Fazlul Haque's son and one each against his son-in-law and an employee of a foundation under the name of the ex-adviser of the previous...
Abdul Jalil Thursday officially resumed work as Awami League (AL) general secretary and demanded that authorities unconditionally release party chief Sheikh Hasina first and hold general elections before Upazila polls, reports bdnews24.com.He aired the demands after offering flowers at independence...
Khondoker Delwar Hossain sat in the chair of secretary general at the BNP headquarters Thursday for the first time since he was appointed to the post more than a year back, reports bdnews24.com.Before party chief Khaleda Zia's release Thursday morning,...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 11 (UNB): Some 15 BNP activists were injured in a clash between reformist and conformist groups in front of city BNP office at Nasimon Bhaban today (Thursday).Witnesses said the clash started at about 3.00 pm when reformists assaulted...
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Motiur Rahman Nizami has hailed the release of BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, reports UNB.The nation heaved a sigh of relief at her release. We hope that the countrymen, led by four-party alliance, would...
KUSHTIA, Sept 11 (UNB): An outlawed leader and his associate were killed in a gun battle with police at Majia village in Sadar Upazila early Thursday. The dead were identified as Mantu Member, regional commander of JSD Gono Bahini, and...
The under-five child mortality rate in Bangladesh has been reduced by over 50 per cent since 1990, according to new figures released by United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in the city Thursday, reports BSS."A number of countries have...
GAIBANDHA, Sept 11 (UNB): More than 2,000 sacks of potatoes worth Tk 3.0 million (30 lakh) had decayed and some had germinated in a cold storage at Dhaperhat in Sadullahpur Upazila due to frequent load shedding and negligence of the...
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